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    In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard. The term "halyard" derives from the Middle English...
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    Operation Halyard (or Halyard Mission), known in Serbian as Operation Air Bridge (Serbian: Операција Ваздушни мост, romanized: Operacija Vazdušni most)...
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  • Halyard, formerly Kimberly-Clark Health Care, now part of Owens & Minor, sells sterilization wrap, facial protection, gloves, protective apparel, surgical...
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  • the United States. Michele Halyard's mother had breast cancer when Halyard was a child, inspiring her medical career. Halyard graduated from Howard University's...
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    sailing, the throat halyard (or throat for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the...
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    "single-loop-around, and double-tuck-under". List of knots Topsail Halyard Bend [ru] Gaff Topsail Halyard Bend [ru] Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 15, 1911...
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    the peak halyard (or peak for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff, which is further from the mast, as opposed to the throat halyard that raises...
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  • The Chalk Hills Academy (formerly Halyard High School, Barnfield West Academy and West Academy) is a Mixed secondary school and sixth form, part of Advantage...
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    Ardie A. Clark Halyard (1896–1989) was a banker, activist and first woman president of the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association for the Advancement...
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  • Halvard Angaard (27 October 1898 – 10 June 1967) was a Norwegian sport shooter. He was born in Kristiania and represented the club Oslo Østre Skytterlag...
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    away solely on the throat halyard. Unlike gaff rig, this two halyard system is easier for a single-hander, as only one halyard is used at a time.: 49 : 91–96 ...
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    the halyard and bottom ring toward the deck, where release of the spinnaker is accomplished by rigging that draws the bottom ring toward the halyard, allowing...
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    the halyard are secured to half-barrels on one winch. In this way the boom moves at the same speed as the winch veers the topping end of the halyard and...
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    World War II. He is known for his role in the organization of Operation Halyard, a successful operation that evacuated over 500 downed Allied airmen from...
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    "closer to the wind").[citation needed] The gaff is hoisted by two halyards: The throat halyard hoists the throat of the sail (the end closer to the mast) at...
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    candidate 1992 Helen Halyard Fred Mazelis 3,050 0.00% 0 Lost 33 / 538 ran as Workers League candidate 1988 Edward Winn Helen Halyard 18,693 0.02% 0 Lost...
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  • Leo Genn - Roger Halyard Elsa Lanchester - Thelma Philip Ober - Colonel Reade Joan Elan - Violet Halyard Audrey Dalton - Hester Halyard Dorothy Bromiley...
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  • private signal, above a mast of a sailboat. The pig stick is connected to a halyard so that when raised to the top of the mast, it extends above the mast,...
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    Helen Halyard for president; she was the party's nominee for vice president in 1984 and 1988. Fred Mazelis was nominated for vice president. Halyard and...
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    flag to its pole is called a halyard. Flags may have a strip of fabric along the hoist side called a heading for the halyard to pass through, or a pair...
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    the uses for this shackle include attaching the jib halyard block to the mast, or the jib halyard to the sail, to reduce twist on the luff and allow the...
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  • private equity firms The Wicks Group of Companies, JP Morgan Partners, and Halyard Capital acquired the KFYR system as well as KVLY-TV in Fargo. Hoak Media...
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    to a handy purchase in the rig above, such as the throat halyard. By hauling on the halyard the lanyard in the deadeyes is drawn up taut. A small wooden...
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    rigging which adjusts the position of the vessel's sails and spars including halyards, braces, sheets and vangs. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh...
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  • the name for the letter H in the Arabic alphabet of the Kazakh language. Halyard Health, an American medical equipment manufacturer Hydra Head Records Hythe...
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  • "Sarajevo Film Festival Denounces Controversial Serbian World War II Drama 'Heroes Of Halyard' After Heavy Political Backlash". Deadline. Radoš Bajić at IMDb...
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    peak in 1943 with 93,000 fighters. Their major contribution was Operation Halyard in 1944. In collaboration with the OSS, 413 Allied airmen shot down over...
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    performance in the wind. Halyards (sometimes haulyards), are used to raise sails and control luff tension. In large yachts the halyard returns to the deck...
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    tension in the luff of the sail is adjusted using a combination of the halyard and the cunningham (where fitted). The primary advantage of adjusting the...
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    Musulin behind enemy lines in German-occupied Serbia, as a Chetnik, during his first mission in November 1943. His second mission was Operation Halyard....
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